Praxinoscope animation of a boy holding a hoop for two trained dogs to leap through. Series 1, number 8.

Praxinoscope animation of a butterfly fluttering about a flower. Series 2, number 6.

Praxinoscope animation of a man spinning around a trapeze. Series 2, number 7.

Praxinoscope animation of a girl charming a flock of birds. Series 3, number 1.

Praxinoscope animation of two children playing on a homemade teeter-totter. Series 3, number 2.

Praxinoscope animation of a man sitting backwards in a char smoking a cigar, while a dog jumps up at him. Series 3, number 5.

Praxinoscope animation of a woman feeding chickens. Series 1, number 4

Praxinoscope animation of a swimmer. Series 2, number 8.

Praxinoscope animation of an equestrian riding. Series 3, number 8.

Early Praxinoscope strip showing a girl dancing on a tightrope. Series 1, Number 7.

A writer named Algernon (but called Harry by his friends) buys a picture of a boat on a lake, and his obsession with it renders normal life...

To his chagrin, young Marcel Pagnol and his family move back to their home in Marseilles, France, far from their pastoral holiday cottage in the...

A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.

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A collection of seven vignettes, which each address a question concerning human sexuality. From aphrodisiacs to sexual perversion to the mystery of...

Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as...

After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four Oregon boys decide to go see the body. On the way,...

After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with managing the covert and ancient ritual of electing a new one. Sequestered in...

The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew...

A twist of fate leaves a hapless accountant romantically torn between two sisters.